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== Definition == | == Definition == | ||
'''Writing tools''' is software that helps people to write | '''Writing tools''' is software that helps people to write. | ||
== Tools == | == Tools == | ||
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* Structured word processors | * Structured word processors | ||
* Outlining tools | * Outlining tools | ||
* [[Cognitive map]]s | * Concept organisation, see: [[Cognitive map]]s | ||
* On-line collaborative writing tools (such as Wikis or through-the-web editing/storing/sharing à la Writely) | * On-line collaborative writing tools (such as Wikis or through-the-web editing/storing/sharing à la Writely) | ||
See also: [[professionnal software]] | |||
== Links == | == Links == | ||
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=== Collaborative writing systems === | === Collaborative writing systems === | ||
There are | There are dozens of systems, but probably not many of them in large scale use. | ||
* [[wiki]]s | * [[wiki]]s | ||
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* [http://www.writeboard.com/ Writeboard] | * [http://www.writeboard.com/ Writeboard] | ||
=== Outlining === | === Outlining and draft building === | ||
* Any outlining mode in word processors | * Any outlining mode in word processors | ||
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* [http://www.tranglos.com/free/keynote.html KeyNote] | * [http://www.tranglos.com/free/keynote.html KeyNote] | ||
* [http://homepage.ntlworld.com/michael.odonnell617/downloads.html Papel] | * [http://homepage.ntlworld.com/michael.odonnell617/downloads.html Papel] | ||
* [http://donjohnston.com/ Draft Builder] helps your students develop a strategic approach to planning, organizing and draft-writing. | |||
=== Tools for specific genres | === Tools for specific genres === | ||
;Story writing | ;Story writing | ||
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* [http://www.richardsalsbury.com/ RoughDraft] has features specifically designed for creative writing: novels, short stories, articles, plays and screenplays. | * [http://www.richardsalsbury.com/ RoughDraft] has features specifically designed for creative writing: novels, short stories, articles, plays and screenplays. | ||
* [http://www.spacejock.com/yWriter.html yWriter], Story writing software (by Simon Haynes, free) | * [http://www.spacejock.com/yWriter.html yWriter], Story writing software (by Simon Haynes, free) | ||
=== Note takeing tools === | === Note takeing tools === | ||
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=== Guidelines === | === Guidelines === | ||
Sometimes guidelines for writing are also called tools. | Sometimes guidelines for writing are also called tools, e.g.: | ||
* | * [http://www.io.com/~hcexres/textbook/acctoc.html Online Technical Writing] | ||
* [http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/fifty-50-tools-which-can-help-you-in-writing.html Fifty (50!) Tools which can help you in Writing] | |||
=== General links === | === General links === | ||
e.g. indexes of writing tools | |||
* http://fencer.wordpress.com/2006/07/07/the-search-for-the-perfect-writing-tool/ | * http://fencer.wordpress.com/2006/07/07/the-search-for-the-perfect-writing-tool/ | ||
* http://writing.wild-mind.net/Writers_Tools/ | |||
[[Category: Educational technologies]] | [[Category: Educational technologies]] | ||
Revision as of 17:06, 28 August 2006
Definition
Writing tools is software that helps people to write.
Tools
There are many kinds of tools.
- Any kind of word processor
- Structured word processors
- Outlining tools
- Concept organisation, see: Cognitive maps
- On-line collaborative writing tools (such as Wikis or through-the-web editing/storing/sharing à la Writely)
See also: professionnal software
Links
Important notice: The initial author of this page (DSchneider) did not test any of these.
Collaborative writing systems
There are dozens of systems, but probably not many of them in large scale use.
- wikis
- Writely.com A Google project
- Writeboard
Outlining and draft building
- Any outlining mode in word processors
- WriteEZ
- KeyNote
- Papel
- Draft Builder helps your students develop a strategic approach to planning, organizing and draft-writing.
Tools for specific genres
- Story writing
- WriteThis. The tool generates writing exercises, based on a set of keywords and criteria. It can generate characters, locations, items and special rules, and you - the writer - have a specified number of minutes to combine these things into a story.
- QuickStory 5 (A free version is QuickPlot ) ?
- Resume/CV writing
- e.g. Resume Builder
- Wordprocessing for writers
- RoughDraft has features specifically designed for creative writing: novels, short stories, articles, plays and screenplays.
- yWriter, Story writing software (by Simon Haynes, free)
Note takeing tools
- Scribe note-taking application
- The Literary machine “is a dynamic archive and an idea management tool aimed at creative thinking - built especially with the writer in mind. It is packed with indexing and display techniques so general and potent that you will use it as an intelligence center.” (There is a freeware version)
- EverNote
- Text Block Writer “is a virtual index card program for writers. It can be used to organize research papers, articles, fiction, non-fiction, books and whatever related to writing. It is intended for people like me who use paper index cards to write all the notes and pieces of an essay, and then arrange the pieces and then use that to type them into the computer.”
Guidelines
Sometimes guidelines for writing are also called tools, e.g.:
General links
e.g. indexes of writing tools